Steam @lemmy.ml testeronious @lemmy.world 5mo ago

Steam adds "Dwarf" as a tag

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They went from, ‘That’s stupid. We're not doing that," to "That’s stupid but okay," so fucking fast.
- "That's stupid but okay" is a very valve thing.
  
  I've played TF2.
  
  Their view of "what? No that's silly" struck me as very odd.
- I get it from their perspective, featuring dwarves in a game doesn’t really help others find similar games in the same vein. On the other hand, they have a tag for pirates and Black Flag differs quite a bit from puzzle pirates.
  
  Alright, I'll ask the obvious follow-up question: do they have a tag for ninjas?
- Because the team behind Deep Rock Galactic asked their community to start using it to show demand. And apparently they listened.
  
  And Dwarf Fortress
- It was a fake "controversy" to draw sales and engagement.
- But by pretending to make scene they just gave themselves and two other companies a shit ton of marketing and people talking about it.
  
  Its always about the money, they found a way to make a few dollars out of nothing.
- I mean, that's how it should be.
  
  If a mass amount of people want a trivial thing that doesn't harm anybody else, even if you disagree with it, why not?
  
  Disagree but only on a technicality.
  
  Ideally, they could skip the first part.
  
  This is the original meaning of the phrase "the customer is always right". It's been warped by "karen" types into a weapon used against minimum wage workers, but what it's supposed to mean is "the customer is always right in matters of taste". Meaning if a company doesn't want to do something because they think it's dumb but the demographic says "I like that" then the customer is right, and the company should do it. I know the dwarf tag isn't about money, but it's still a matter of listening to the customers on the platform.
Lmao that happened so fast. Deep rock galactic and dwarf fortress teaming up really worked!
- Steam gets free publicity (not that it's really needed) and it all cost them was 5 letters.
  
  And all it cost them*
Rock and Stone
- We fight for rock and stone!
  
  Did I hear a Rock and Stone!?
- Rock and stone brother
- ROCK AND STONE BROTHER
See? Valve does listen to its customers.
I for one went and marked 100% of my dwarf games with the custom title yesterday.

Glad to see that now that I helped, they're gunna change it
- How many dwarf games could there really be?
  
  Is there an entire genre that I'm unaware of?
  
  More than you would think...
  
  The biggest two that pop into my head are Deep Rock Galactic, and Dwarf Fortress.
  
  Both amazing games btw
  
  Um... Mario...
Seems like a short headline.
- Short headline, but goes deep.
  
  Too deep, some might say 🔥
Strike the earth
So basically this means there is a significant demographic of gamers that will play a game largely because it features dwarves?

Im sorry, I missed all the fuss about this.

I guess look forward to Dwarf Cart Racing and Dwarf Chess and Dwarf MilSim Tac Squad.

I was gonna say A Dwarf And His Horse but uh... well maybe it would work with dwarf horses. Thats probably got some appeal.
- A Dwarf MilSim Tac Squad would be nice
  
  Some Warhammer dev is taking this to a meeting right now.
  
  It would simplify the control scheme somewhat as there would basically be no point whatsoever for a dwarf to crouch. Prone might make sense?
  
  Can dwarves lean left and right around corners without going off balance and just falling over?
  
  The idea of a a Ready or Not styled game with the comedy and tone of Deep Rock would be killer.
- A dwarf and his horse would rapidly become a dwarf and his lifetime supply of jerky
  
  I hope to god you are not implying that the dwarf strips meat off the horse when its so cold the horse cannot feel it, ala valley forge us army survival tactics.
- I would lol
- Absolutely. I love dwarves
The irony of my feed
- ahahaha, love it!
Big win for gamers
Okay... Thanks for the update.
- LOL right? Like.. neat. Cool that it finally got this random tag... Seems like a slow news cycle for gaming.
OOTL: Can I get a summary?
- they rejected the request of Deep Rock Galatic and Dwarf Fortress to add a dwarf tag, the two teamed up on a co marketing campaign to get the decision reversed, Steam acquiesced.
  
  What next? A tag for elves? A tag for tieflings? What a slippery slope!
  
  /s
Huzzah!
- Rock and Stone!
  
  Rock and stone to the bone.
I think they could have solved a twitter protest buy going with dwarves instead.
WE DID IT!!!
lmao that was so fast. Lets goooooo
Yet Smashmouth never ate the eggs...
Well that didn't take long.

EDIT: Hasn't updated for me.
- I think those are only your collections a game is in, so unless you have a dynamic collection for the tag Dwarf (or add a game manually to a collection), it'll never show up in that corner.
Slippery slope guys. Soon we have tags like "windy" or "landscape" or "table". :)

I think they did it because "let's play along" but it's still not a smart move. I guess they had to go along.
Okay.

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